Mining Incidents

Mine No. 11 Coal

Controlled by Larry E Wright
Swords Creek, Russell County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4407080

Mine No. 11 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005–2007
Latest incident
Jul 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
64
citations
23
significant & substantial
$7,471
proposed penalties
$7,471
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
52
inspections on record
666
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 666 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mine No. 11 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-08-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Mine No. 11 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.22 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 71 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.22
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.35
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
71
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-08-30.
Silica (quartz)
9.6
silica avg (%)
26.4
silica max (%)
8
samples
Most recent sample: 2007-03-06.
Noise
0%
over PEL
32
samples
Most recent sample: 2011-03-11.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 70 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,961 2 2 1019.9
2011 Q2 1,528 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 654 1 0 1529.1
2010 Q4 1,352 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 310 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 895 7 2 7821.2
2009 Q2 2,942 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,306 10 2 1203.9
2008 Q4 8,942 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,173 6 2 734.1
2008 Q2 8,298 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,370 9 5 1221.2
2007 Q4 7,842 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,130 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,584 2 1 263.7
2007 Q1 7,484 4 1 534.5
2006 Q4 7,589 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,279 8 4 1099.1
2006 Q2 7,199 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,871 6 2 873.2
2005 Q4 6,102 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,703 4 2 596.7
2005 Q2 7,126 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,007 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,786 4 0 589.4
2004 Q3 5,147 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,555 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,143 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,650 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,465 1 0 682.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2007 · 1 incident

July 17, 2007 VA · Coal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harold Keene Coal Company Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was helping install a D10R center equalizer bar pin along with two other field technicians. The pin was struck awkwardly by another technician when a splinter of metal came off of the side and struck employee in the groin area of his leg.

2005 · 1 incident

August 18, 2005 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Harold Keene Coal Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While striking idler roller with hammer, a piece of steel broke off striking employee in forearm.

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The full compliance file on Mine No. 11

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.